Moto E4 (woods) Bootloop - Moto E4 Questions & Answers

Hi all,
I had recently unlocked my bootloader on my moto e4 (woods), installed twrp, and install magisk, and everything was going smoothly. Until recently, where i had a OTA update for the device. Me not thinking, i installed the update and then my device refused to boot to system, and only rebooted to twrp. I tried everything to get it to boot, but it just didn't.
I today, found on another thread, that you could reinstall the stock firmware onto the device, and followed the instructions, which were basically just running 'fastboot erase ----' and 'fastboot flash ----'. Everything was going well, until i came to system, which failed to install. I then tried restarting the device (because i wasn't thinking properly), and now the device will show the boot screen for approx 10 seconds then loop again. It has the message of ">device unlocked" at the bottom of the screen, and the moto logo and "powered by android writing on it". I have tried to access the recovery and bootloader on the device by using the hardware buttons, but there was no luck when i was doing it. It would just carry on with it's bootloop. I also tried plugging the device into a windows system, and ran 'adb devices', and 'fastboot devices' but nothing was being picked up. I also checked device manager, and no new devices were being shown.
I am 99% sure that i have indeed hard bricked the device, but i am turning to the amazing people of XDA devs for any help or tips that they can give to possibly get the device back and running.
Anything will be useful, since i can't make the device any less usable now anyway.
Thank you to anyone that replies

just Google the model number and get the original stock firmware and use SP flash tools and the scatter file took a hit to the latest firmware then use fastboot commands to unlock the bootloader flash custom recovery and root the device

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Bricked Fastboot

***FIXED***
Update:
I was able to resolve this, here is what I've done in case others happen to have the same issue:
Turn on computer volume, reason being I had mine off and even though it appeared to skip over fastboot with the OTG method, it in fact was enabling for a sec or 2 then moving on as I could hear the USB connection chime.
NOTE: I had to press and hold to the LEFT of the Nvidia symbol until I heard the USB pick up chime, once I heard the chime I released my finger.
Prior to plugging in the power cord, I ran "fastboot boot <yourfilename.img>" and it sits at waiting for device...
Device took it and booted me into TWRP, I then flashed the Unofficial TWRP for the SATV, by choosing Image, then finding the .img that I already had on the internal storage
Rooted with SU, rebooted system and everything is now good to go.
Root, custom recovery and also Fastboot stock menu is back.
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Hello All,
Long time lurker, now reaching out.
Just looking for a little help with my SATV Pro 500gb.
Here is the background:
Out of the box today, booted up and enabled ADB and jumped into fastboot for the bootloader unlock
Process took about 2 hours as the info said it would. Device rebooted, perfect working order.
Decided to flash TWRP for SU install along with possible custom roms, etc.
used this tool:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/shi...l-windroid-universal-android-toolkit-t3291266
Device said "please wait...." in fastboot screen, appeared finished and device rebooted into the the OS.
Here is the problem:
I go into command and adb reboot-bootloader, device reboots, I see the Nvidia logo and it boots into the OS, skips right over Fastboot
Shut it down, attempt the OTG, power cord ~3 secs over and over, hangs at logo and then boots in to the OS.
I reset the device, hoping the recovery OS would reflash the fastboot image, appears not to be the case.
Currently I am stuck with no fastboot access, device boots to OS no problems, but as far as fastboot is concerned I cannot access. Appears something went wrong with using that 1 click tool for flashing recovery.
Now before anyone chimes in, adb reboot-bootloader will not boot into fastboot and I've attempted the HW method listed on Nvidias dev site. Its 100% nogo.
Current State of device:
No fastboot
OS boots no problems
ADB works
No Root
Thanks for everyones look and help!

Need help - Stuck on Google logo after flashing stock and re-locking bootloader

I was running Pure Nexus. My camera won't focus at distance, so I was trying to revert the phone to stock before RMAing it.
I used #10 in this guide (https://forum.xda-developers.com/nexus-6p/general/guides-how-to-guides-beginners-t3206928) and flashed all the pieces.
This is the zip I used for the images - https://dl.google.com/dl/android/aosp/angler-n4f26o-factory-c53f0a50.zip
Then I formatted userdata, relocked the bootloader, and tried to reboot. It's now stuck on the Google logo. It doesn't look like it's looping, it's just stuck.
I can boot into the stock recovery, but since it's a fresh install, USB debugging is not set so I don't think I can ADB anything. And since I locked the bootloader, I don't think I can fasboot flash anything either.
Am I out of luck?
Since I was going to send it back anyway, should I just blame the return on the fact that it won't boot?
Thanks
Edit: Huh, I think I got it to work. I had tried the guide to flash a full OTA as a fix, but when I got to "ADB devices", it wouldn't see my phone. But I tried it again, and it did see the phone and I was able to flash the OTA. It's rebooting now.

Bootloader unlock failed. ID: Bad Key?

I just got my Moto G5 Plus today, and ran Motorola's official Bootloader unlock guide.
Upon starting up, I am now receiving an error that says "Your device has been unlocked and can't be trusted. ID: bad key"
I confirmed multiple times that I provided the correct unlock_data and entered the correct unique key provided.
Because of this I cannot flash TWRP.
"(bootloader) Image not signed or corrupt"
What can I do here? Is there a way to re-do the unlock?
Do I have to flash stock back to the phone? I cannot seem to find any guide on how to perform that properly.
Are you sure TWRP didn't flash because it gave me that same generic error (because it's no longer stock recovery) but it had installed fine. Did you try selecting 'Recovery Mode' in the bootloader and see if it loads? Hopefully you're following the rooting tutorial in this forum because you need to follow it closely to correctly gain root.
That 'bad key' message on startup is normal after unlocking and can be removed by flashing another 'logo.bin' as shown in this video, so actually seeing it shows that you probably did unlock successfuly.
Correct, as everyone has stated, this is normal for a bootloader unlocked device. You can flash a logo.bin to make your boot up look better
Sent from my Moto G (5) Plus using Tapatalk
Were you able to fix this? I have a similar problem.
I am also having this problem. Everyone saying this is normal, is wrong.
donjuro said:
I am also having this problem. Everyone saying this is normal, is wrong.
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The "normal" message once it's bootloader unlocked is "Your device is unlocked and can't be trusted...Your device will boot in 5 seconds." - it doesn't say anything about a "key".
EDIT: oh, and where his said "ID: bad key" mine says "ID: n/a"
Yes I found out my problem was that I was using a later version of twrp and you have to first use an initial build on one of the rooting threads.
I'm having the same issue. Got the unlock key from Motorola and successfully unlocked bootloader from CMD. The phone then booted up as if it were new. I access the recovery mode and get "device has been unlocked and can't be trusted". No other option. I've tried manually and through CMD. I've downloaded all necessary files including the kernel, ADB, fastboot and twrp. Nothing works. Phone operates as if I factory reset it.
I just rooted my Moto G5s plus last night...here were my steps:
1.) Do the Motorola unlock B.S.
I had fastboot.exe and adb.exe from the Android SDK installed
I did find that I had to unlock my phone or adb could not see it
2.) After unlocking, you get the "untrusted phone" screen
3.) Use fastboot to flash a new boot image: fastboot flash boot logo.bin (I built a logo with MotoBootLogoMaker), this gets rid of the untrusted screen
4.) I do have the "bad key" message show up during boot, but it hasn't impacted anything...it is in white, my boot logo is in white, so you don't see it.
5.) Get a copy of SuperSU.zip on your sdcard and load into your device
6.) I installed TWRP (twrp-3.11-sanders.img) to the recovery partition, but that caused an issue: fastboot flash recovery twrp-3.11-sanders.img)
* Recovery wouldn't boot after this, so I successfully booted the image directly with: fastboot boot twrp-3.11-sanders.img
6.) TWRP successfully loaded....
7.) Use TWRP to install SuperSU.zip (this roots the device)
* I wiped the dalvik cache, but that hung and I ended up powering off...but fortunately it didn't brick the device
8.) After reboot, I logged in with "adb shell" and did an "su" to prove I was rooted.
9.) I replaced bootanimation.zip with one more to my liking than the Lenovo one (/system/media/bootanimation.zip I think was the location)
That was it...

Phone bricked, Recovery Tool not working, bootloader stuck locked, help???

Hi guys...
So my OnePlus 2 was having some issues yesterday, and I flashed the stock ROM. This was completely fine and dandy, but I also wanted to put the stock recovery on it. I made sure OEM unlocking was on, went into fastboot, and typed in "fastboot oem unlock" like normal. It finished in like a tenth of a second which I thought was a little strange. The phone rebooted and I put it back into fastboot. I tried to flash the recovery and it said (remote device is locked. Cannot flash images). So at this point I was frustrated. I went into TWRP and installed the SuperSU binary. Then, I went to the Play Store, downloaded Flashify, and flashed the recovery onto my phone. I restarted my phone.... and bam. Recovery wouldn't work anymore. And then when I tried to boot into normal Android it still wouldn't work, just stuck on the OnePlus and Android screen, as if there was no /system/ partition. I can still get it into Fastboot, and I put it in EDL mode and installed the Qualcomm 9008 driver, and flashed OxygenOS 3.0.2 through the MSM downloader from https://forums.oneplus.net/threads/updated-28-06-2016-mega-unbrick-guide-for-a-hard-bricked-oneplus-2.347607/ and the MSM downloader just gave me an error that, in garbage text, said something about Sahara and Firehouse or something like that. I did get it to go successfully by downloading a different recovery package (I believe it was Color OS 2.0) but I have a ONE A2005 and I belive that was meant for ONE A2001 and it caused my phone to constantly flash rapidly at the Oneplus and Android screen (it would start to boot then immediately shut off). Fastboot still works but it still says the bootloader is locked so I can't really do anything. Any help would be much appreciated!
Jack
Update: I finally got Recovery to work. However, it still gets stuck on the OnePlus & Android screen, even after sideloading a stock ROM and installing it via the stock recovery. I fear my boot.img is corrupted. Does anyone happen to know where I can find a stock ROM that comes with recovery.img, boot.img, system.img, et cetera?
Actually, nevermind. It says oem unlock is disabled, and I can't even get into the OS to enable it.
superblox02 said:
Actually, nevermind. It says oem unlock is disabled, and I can't even get into the OS to enable it.
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You should be able to unlock it in fastboot or adb
OEM unlock or something like that
Check this thread https://forums.oneplus.net/threads/...wrp-root-nandroid-efs-backup-and-more.345478/

Unlock Bootloader Just Hangs...

Just recently purchased a "broken" Nexus 10 off ebay for nearly nothing. Seller showed that it just hangs at "Google" upon startup. Bought it as a project to see what I could do...
So, after a few hours of trying everything I could with NRT I am unable to unlock the bootloader. When I press vol + and then the power button to select it to unlock, it just stays there...it doesn't do anything and freezes until I hard reset it. No love lost if this is a bricked device, I'd only be out $20. Anyone have any ideas? Thanks ahead of time!
Slight update after playing with it for a while this morning... I was able to get it to show the TWRP splash screen, before it fully loads TWRP, in NRT. But, as always it just hangs there while NRT is "Rebooting your device into bootloader mode..." I'm starting to think it has a bad emmc? I'm not too well versed on hardware, but I've tried nearly every option possible I think. Anyone have any other ideas?
CKrzacz said:
Slight update after playing with it for a while this morning... I was able to get it to show the TWRP splash screen, before it fully loads TWRP, in NRT. But, as always it just hangs there while NRT is "Rebooting your device into bootloader mode..." I'm starting to think it has a bad emmc? I'm not too well versed on hardware, but I've tried nearly every option possible I think. Anyone have any other ideas?
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If you are using the official TWRP app you then you should use the customized version. The omnirom thread got one you can download: https://forum.xda-developers.com/nexus-10/orig-development/rom-t3045066
Direct link: https://androidfilehost.com/?w=files&flid=205355
So I used NRT to attempt to flash 3.1.1 onto the tablet, it froze on the TWRP flash screen showing version 3.0.2-0. I'm wondering now if the recovery that was on it before I purchased went corrupt? I
Update: Did a manual "fastboot boot "PATH TO 3.1.1-0-manta.img" and same thing....it just gets to the splash screen and freezes....
Another update.... "adb devices" shows it in recovery....yet it just shows the splash screen still. This makes NO sense to me lol.... This is the first I've been able to get adb to recognize it, but the bootloader is locked, nor will it unlock (it freezes), so I feel that it's useless that I've got it this far and yet nothing. Ugh...
Update the bootloader (from google's official images) to latest. then TWRP will boot
Pushing "perm-recovery-signed.zip" to your device:
adb push "C:\Program Files (x86)\WugFresh Development\Nexus Root Toolkit\data\Root_Files\perm-recovery-signed.zip" "/sdcard/!ReadyToFlash/Root_Files/perm-recovery-signed.zip"
100% /sdcard/!ReadyToFlash/Root_Files/perm-recovery-signed.zip
Hash verifying file transfer:
f63500d8c095c0e749cd78851ba409f8 = Local Hash
f63500d8c095c0e749cd78851ba409f8 = Device hash
+ Verified!
Pushing "openrecoveryscript" to your device:
adb push "C:\Program Files (x86)\WugFresh Development\Nexus Root Toolkit\data\Root_Files\openrecoveryscript" "/cache/recovery/openrecoveryscript"
100% /cache/recovery/openrecoveryscript
Hash verifying file transfer:
7c02d031e244df4f5a47a7cd3297e53f = Local Hash
7c02d031e244df4f5a47a7cd3297e53f = Device hash
+ Verified!
Rebooting your device into bootloader mode...
adb reboot bootloader
Here's the NRT log. It just hangs with the TWRP splash screen still (after reinstalling the bootloader, then reinstalling TWRP) and won't go back into bootloader. When I hard reboot it, it's back to square one with not being able to boot into recovery (locks up at google logo) or allow oem unlock to process (locks up on the unlock screen when I press power button on "yes").
I know this thread is a few years old, but have you been able to solve the problem? I'd like to use my old Nexus 10 as a WiFi picture frame, but it is bricked in the same way as yours. I cannot get past the google splash screen, bootloader unlock won't work even though it is recognized via fastboot. Flashed latest image and bootloader from google, but did not change anything.

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